Post by tigerlilly0529 on Oct 26, 2005 15:40:41 GMT -5
I was planning a trip to Europe for 3 months in the Summer of 2006. However, due to changes in my graduation schedule...I have had to change that. I am now planning a 4 month trip to Europe summer of 2007. I will be able to save more money for that trip. However, I am wondering if you think that the $75-100 per day budget will still be accurate (excluding rail pass and airfair)? I was planning on saving $100 for 127 days and just round up to $13,000 USD for my 4 month trip. Do you think that will be a sufficient amount of money?
I hope I am making sense
Kristi
I hope I am making sense
Kristi
But I think it is impossible today to know what the costs might be 15 months or more from now. The members on this board, a fairly well traveled bunch, generally agree on $75-100 for a somewhat 'comfortable' trip. Many spend more, even more can often do it for less. So much depends on your particular travel style and 'comfort' level. Eg....I 'need' a door to close at night so am not a hostel fan and my lodging costs run higher. You may delight in a very nice dinner each evening which ups your daily cost. Overall, I would say keep a close eye on travel reports, rate of inflation, if any, watch airline prices as increases there can signal increases everywhere and just generally figure the $100 mark will still suffice but be prepared for increases. 
that I still live in my mind in that world where the US$ was king. If you had dollars...well then, that was about it back then. Things have surely changed and one needs to carefully monitor the dollar vs (insert any currency here) matters a good deal!